Kufotokozera mwatsatanetsatane
Chikungunya ndi matenda osowa ma virus omwe amafalitsidwa mwa kulumidwa ndi udzudzu wa Aedes aegypti.Amadziwika ndi zidzolo, kutentha thupi, ndi kupweteka kwa mafupa (arthralgias) komwe nthawi zambiri kumatenga masiku atatu kapena asanu ndi awiri.Dzinali limachokera ku liwu la Chimakonde lotanthauza "chimene chimapindika" ponena za kaimidwe kowerama komwe kamapangidwa chifukwa cha zizindikiro za nyamakazi za matenda.Zimapezeka nthawi yamvula m'madera otentha padziko lapansi, makamaka ku Africa, South-East Asia, kum'mwera kwa India ndi Pakistan.Zizindikiro zake nthawi zambiri zimakhala zosadziwika bwino zomwe zimawonedwa ndi dengue fever.Zowonadi, matenda a dengue ndi chikungunya adanenedwa ku India.Mosiyana ndi dengue, kutulutsa magazi m'thupi sikochitika kawirikawiri ndipo nthawi zambiri matendawa ndi matenda odziletsa okha.Chifukwa chake ndikofunikira kwambiri kusiyanitsa dengue ndi matenda a CHIK.CHIK imapezeka potengera kusanthula kwa serological ndi kudzipatula kwa ma virus mu mbewa kapena chikhalidwe cha minofu.IgM immunoassay ndiye njira yothandiza kwambiri yoyesera labu.Chikungunya IgG/IgM Rapid Test imagwiritsa ntchito ma antigen omwe amachokera ku mapuloteni ake, amazindikira IgG/IgM anti-CHIK mu seramu ya odwala kapena plasma mkati mwa mphindi 20.Kuyesako kutha kuchitidwa ndi anthu osaphunzitsidwa kapena aluso pang'ono, popanda zida zovutirapo za labotale.